KLSR-TV
KLSR-TV, virtual channel 34 (UHF digital channel 31), is a Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Eugene, Oregon, United States. Owned by California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc. of Medford, Oregon, it is a sister station to low-powered, Class A MyNetworkTV affiliate KEVU-CD, channel 23 (which is simulcast on KLSR's second digital subchannel). The two stations share studios on Chad Drive in Eugene; KLSR's transmitter is located on South Ridge.
![]() | |
Eugene, Oregon United States | |
---|---|
Channels | Digital: 31 (UHF) Virtual: 34 (PSIP) |
Branding | Oregon's Fox |
Programming | |
Affiliations | 34.1: Fox 34.2: MyNetworkTV |
Ownership | |
Owner | California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc. |
KEVU-CD | |
History | |
Founded | September 4, 1987 |
First air date | October 31, 1991 |
Former call signs | KEVU (1991–1997) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 34 (UHF, 1991–2009) |
Call sign meaning | Kinetic Light and Sound Reproduction |
Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 8322 |
ERP | 88 kW |
HAAT | 372 m (1,220 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 44°0′4″N 123°6′45″W |
Translator(s) | See below |
Links | |
Public license information | Profile LMS |
Website | www |
History
KLSR signed on the air on Halloween in 1991 as KEVU, and was Eugene's second UHF station to sign on the air. Prior to that, Fox programming was seen on Class A station K25AS (now sister station KEVU-CD). KEVU changed its call letters to KLSR-TV on April 1, 1997.
Digital television
Digital channels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[1] |
---|---|---|---|---|
34.1 | 720p | 16:9 | KLSR-HD | Main KLSR-TV programming / Fox |
34.2 | KEVU-DT | Simulcast of KEVU-CD / MyNetworkTV | ||
In August 2019, California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc. upgraded the full-market simulcast of KEVU-CD over KLSR-DT2 to the 720p HD picture format;[2] prior to this upgrade, the subchannel was being presented in 480i 4:3 SD. This is concurrent with the upgrade of KEVU-CD to the 1080i full HD picture format.[3]
Analog-to-digital conversion
KLSR-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 34, at 12:01 a.m. on February 17, 2009, the original target date on which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009). The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 31.[4] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 34.
Translators
KLSR's main signal is rebroadcast on the following translator stations:
- K14GW-D Channel 14 Corvallis
- K14MQ-D Channel 14 Coos Bay
- K19GH-D Channel 19 Eugene (City Grade Signal)
- K32FI-D Channel 32 Yoncalla
- K35MS-D Channel 35 Canyonville, etc.
- K38LQ-D Channel 38 Roseburg
- K40IS-D Channel 16 Cottage Grove
- K43LQ-D Channel 43 London Springs
- K51JB-D Channel 28 Florence
Controversy
In November 2012, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) fined KLSR $13,000 for not filing paperwork for children's E/I programming for its Eugene translator, K19GH-D, in the previous four years. While the station has since caught up on its paperwork, the FCC has said that it is no excuse for not doing it in the first place.[5]
Newscasts
KVAL-TV produces live 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts for KLSR entitled Oregon's News @ 7 and Oregon's News @ 10, on weekdays and KVAL News @10 on Fox, a repeat of the evening news on weekends. In September 2010, KVAL started producing a live morning newscast for KLSR called Fox News Mornings, which was later dropped and replaced by a replay of KVAL's 6 a.m. hour of morning news.
KVAL's newscasts on KLSR started broadcasting in 16:9 widescreen in late September 2010, and were upgraded to HD (along with KVAL's other newscasts) in February 2020.
See also
References
- RabbitEars TV Query for KLSR
- "KLSR-TV EUGENE, OR". www.rabbitears.info.
- "KEVU-CD EUGENE, OR". www.rabbitears.info.
- "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
- Broadcasting & Cable: "Oregon Broadcaster Fined for Kids TV Reporting Error", November 9, 2012. (The article in error gave its calls as "KSLR".)
External links
- Bill Smullin: Southern Oregon TV's pioneer
- KLSR in the FCC's TV station database
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KLSR-TV